[UPDATED] Muslim Students at Two Colleges Report Violent Assaults by Donald Trump Supporters

As fears of Islamophobia ripple through Muslim-American communities in the wake of this week's presidential election, police in Louisiana and California are investigating two campus assaults on female Muslim college students that reportedly occurred just hours apart on Wednesday. Both women were wearing hijabs at the time of the attacks, and in both incidents the attackers either invoked Donald Trump or wore Donald Trump apparel.

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A Muslim girl in Louisiana was beaten and robbed by two men, one of whom wore a Trump hat.

The University of Louisiana–Lafayette student told law-enforcement officials that she was walking near a campus road around 11:00 a.m. when a gray sedan stopped in front of her, and two white men — one wearing a hat that bore Trump's name — stepped out. According to a report in The Advertiser, the men shouted racial obscenities at the student, who is Middle Eastern, and repeatedly struck her with a metal object. The men then robbed the student of her hijab and wallet and drove away.

Kareem Attia, president of the university's Muslim Student Association, said the school historically has been a haven of religious faith and tolerance.

"The idea that a person in your community could be targeted just for wearing a headscarf, which is part of our religion, it's disgusting," he told the Washington Post. "It's very un-American. ... I don't think that a campus that has such ties of religiosity could really stomach the idea of another religion being attacked. It's like, I have a religion, you have another, and that's sacred to both of us."

UPDATE: Thursday, November 10, 2016, 7:45 p.m.:

The Lafayette Police Department is no longer investigating the Louisiana victim's story after she told police that her story was not true.

"This entire story was fabricated; she admitted that to our detectives," Cpl. Karl Ratcliff, a spokesman for the Lafayette Police Department, told the New York Times.

A girl in California was stripped of her hijab and robbed by two men who made comments about Trump.

A Muslim student at San Diego State University reported that she was walking to her car in a campus parking garage around 2:30 p.m. when a pair of men accosted her in a stairwell. A community safety alert issued by the university detailed that the men — said to be white and Hispanic — made statements about Trump and Muslims during the assault, yanking off the student's hijab with such force that she was momentarily choked. In addition, the men stole her car keys. The victim's vehicle now is missing.

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The SDSU Muslim Student Association issued a plea for love and solidarity on Facebook:

"We are calling on all students, faculty, staff, and community members to come and show solidarity with our sister that was attacked and also stand against anti-Blackness, Islamophobia, and all other forms of discrimination that have become increasingly normalized during the campaign and now election of Donald Trump," the group said on Facebook. "It is time we make it clear that the hate and racism of Donald Trump will not find a home in San Diego."

Young Muslim women across the country have been turning to social media to share their own scary experiences.

Guys, a trump supporter tried pulling off my hijab... This is not a joke anymore, all non-whites have become targets. Stay safe 💕